I'm currently working on a pricing table for a product that has 3 separate tiers. Some of them lack certain features etc. We've been debating how to mark the table cells to indicate what is included ...

I noticed you had asked a question about finding a good MSc in HCI a while back. I'm just curious to know if you took the UCL course? If so how you found it? I've applied to UCL and CUL but I'm open ...

It's common for the user to use the cross button to exit an application.
But sometimes software is tricky and the cross minimizes the windows instead of closing it. Does this kind of behavior should ...

I build an android game and I am working with google drive to synchronize the progress of the user.
Rite now I build a mechanism to sync file to drive. This file may include game progress-information ...

For example how a breakdown of the info pulled, and allowing users to add/edit it, like adding other bands they like or TV shows that didn't pull from FB
Login with Facebook, analyze profile for the ...

As part of a site's advanced filters, I want to give people the ability to filter based on the frequency of results. i.e. "show only results that occur at least once per month" or "show only results ...

I am developing a carpool app. After launch, I am encourage the user of my app to hit the "carpool button". So I do a search closeby to see if there are any users. If I find people closeby, I check in ...

I have long form around 25 form fields in web application and it covers 2 whole page. currently it is showing in the same page and cancelling the form goes back to main page. How much lengthy a form ...

I'm trying to give people a visual clue that they're able to scroll left and right inside of an app for the iPhone. I tried to show that you're able to scroll left and right by having a tiny part of ...

I've recently become product manager for a small team - our product is a business management software (HR, Estimating, Contracts, etc).
In a survey of our current user base, Usability improvement is ...

I am working on a web application where I am using a picture as a substitute for both the text (label) and the checkbox. For example, this is what normally displays, and is universally recognized as a ...

Is there any reason with respect to Interface Design or Usability that someone (I guess Microsoft in the early days of windows?) started using this 3 buttons twenty years ago? Has anybody any sources ...

I'm wondering what the behavior should be for an interaction in which the user sends a query but the data reply takes several minutes (more time than in probable for the user to look at a loader or ...

I have a dialog,as a below. In a dialog you can choose a state, mark it as "like / not like", and write a comment. In dropdown box for states you can also choose an option "All states". Then comment ...

I have noticed on certain websites that are implemented as a single page and free scrolling view in browsers that when you trigger a pop-up or modal window a second scrollbar appears to allow the user ...

We are struggling with how to incorporate AND/OR logic amongst a list of filters in our user interface. I know this question has been asked many times, but I'm trying to fit the logic addition into ...

There are a number of ways to assign severity ratings of usability problems (For an overview see this post by Jeff Sauro).
Jakob Nielsen's four-step scale often seems to be the standard in Heuristic ...

I'm writing a thesis on web usability. I'd like to mention the choice of colors and which ones are appropriate to use and which are not.
Now I've searched on the internet but what I've found so far ...

We are implementing a temporary account lockout after throttling login attempts and actively directing users to reset their password. Users can still go through the reset journey even during temporary ...

I'm acutely sensitive to bias in usability testing. For example, I'm aware that task-selection bias is an issue, so I try to keep the tests more open/loose and let participants explore.
I know that ...

Many people I work with need to share a report with sensitive data. This is usually a multistep process where the user takes a screenshot of a chart or graph with numbers and then manually removes, ...

The context:
I am developing this application where users can discuss about and contribute with some documents. Can think of it like an easy Document Management System.
The main background technology ...

I work on a control panel for a webhosting company and we recently implemented DNS. The resulting table with all records for a domain (or a template) looks a little something like this:
My question ...

What are the points we should consider to make the Mobile UI compatible with single thumb usages? other than the most suggested point by everyone and Apple Guideline that that tap size should be 44px.
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Yesterday I saw an interesting idea:
What are some potential reasons why so few cables have a coil in their middle - like old telephone cables? I know that we don't want all cables to be like that, ...

I'm building an enterprise mobile application for health and medical purposes, and due to the data driven nature of the app we ask users to enter their ethnicity. It's entirely optional but it allows ...